Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: expand_stack fix [was Re: 2.4.9aa3] | Date | Sat, 08 Sep 2001 23:23:38 -0500 | From | Jeff Dike <> |
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andrea@suse.de said: > My fix for the race doesn't drop the usability of GROWSDOWN that could > otherwise break userspace programs. I guess at least uml uses > growsdown vma file backed. Jeff?
No. In neither the host kernel or UML is there a vma that's file backed and growsdown.
UML process stacks are marked growsdown in UML and are file backed on the host, but that's not the same thing.
Jeff
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